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January 27, 2005

Food Section Digest

Because variety is the spice and life, and we love spice, this week we're reviewing the nation's food sections in alphabetical order. Lots of interesting articles on everything from Chinese restaurants to Mexican vanilla.

Newsday disects the beef bourguignonne recipes of Thomas Keller, Anthony Bourdain, and, err, the Barefoot Contesa to find out what makes each chef tick. Ok, one of these three is not like the others.

In a blind taste test, the refined palates at the New York Times preferred Smirnoff to the new premium vodkas. If you prefer a drink that tastes like more than water, track down the dry ciders of Spain's Basque region. Those crazy Spaniards also play with their food, and at a recent conference showed off "exploding desserts and solid soups, smoking cocktails and electric milk." They drink electric milk but don't want to eat our genetically modified meat?

I don't know about you, but I'm hungry. Maybe I'll walked down to Casamento's for a few of those gulf oysters Pableaux was talking about. We're always looking for interesting food sections, so drop us a line if we missed your favorite.